The New Yorker review by David Remnick (2026-06-23) examines a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan that chronicles Trump’s second term and asserts the central motive for his 2024 run: to evade prison. Remnick praises the book’s depth while calling its portrait of events bleak.
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, New York Times reporters, wrote a new book arguing Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was driven primarily to avoid criminal prosecution: “This was about staying out of prison.”
A new book by the Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan contends that Trump ran in 2024 for one reason above all: “This was about staying out of prison.” newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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An Exceptional—and Depressing—Chronicle of Trump’s Return to Office
Writing history as it happens often yields results that feel perishable. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s new book about Trump’s second term transcends its genre, David Remnick writes.
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